Taylor v. Louisiana - Significance, Jury Concerns, For All Intents And Purposes . . ., A Fair Cross-section, Further Readings

Taylor v. Louisiana - Significance

Taylor v. Louisiana - Further Readings

Taylor v. Louisiana - Jury Concerns

His trial was going to begin at the 22nd Judicial District of Louisiana on 13 April 1972. The day before his trial was to begin, Taylor asked the court to throw out the list of available jurors. The law had systematically excluded women from that summoned group, Taylor claimed, by Article 402 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, which provided: "A woman shall not be selected for jury servi…

Taylor v. Louisiana - For All Intents And Purposes . . .

Two years later, the case came before the U.S. Supreme Court. Taylor's lawyer, William M. King, argued that his client's constitutional right to "a fair trial by jury of a representative segment of the community . . . " was violated as a result of Louisiana's consideration of only those women who expressly registered their desire to serve as jurors. He pointed out that from 8 December 1971, to 3 N…

Taylor v. Louisiana - A Fair Cross-section

Effective 1 January 1975, Louisiana repealed the gender-based provision challenged by Taylor. A decision was nonetheless issued three weeks later, with Justice White pointing out in a footnote to his majority opinion that the repeal "has no effect on the conviction obtained in this case." White briefly outlined the history of Taylor's case and the Court's jurisdiction "to consider whether the Loui…